The Career Narrative™ Template is not:
A résumé rewrite
A personal brand exercise
An elevator-pitch generator
It is a career interpretation tool — designed to help you make sense of your experience and explain it clearly to others.
Built to integrate with Career Compass™ and Career Architecture™, this template turns insight into usable language.
What You’ll Do
Using guided prompts, you will:
Identify the underlying logic of your career path
Translate non-linear experience into a coherent throughline
Explain transitions and pivots without apology
Articulate how you create value beyond job titles
Draft a flexible narrative you can adapt across contexts
The focus is not polish.
The focus is structural clarity.
What You’ll Walk Away With
A career narrative that feels accurate, not performative
Language you can reuse in interviews, applications, and conversations
Clear boundaries around what no longer fits — and why
A framework you can revisit as your career evolves
This is not a one-time exercise.
It’s a tool you can return to whenever work shifts.
How It Fits Into the System
Career Compass™ identifies how you work
Career Narrative™ helps you explain it
Career Architecture™ shows you where and how to apply it
Each tool stands alone.
Together, they form a system.
Who This Is For
This template is especially useful if you:
Have a non-linear or multi-disciplinary career
Are navigating a pivot, promotion, or transition
Want language that reflects your thinking, not just your roles
Are tired of oversimplifying your experience to be understood
Format
Digital template (designed for reuse)
Compatible with PDF, Notion, and document-based workflows
Self-paced, no expiration
Ready to Make Your Career Legible
Careers don’t need to be neat to be credible.
They need to be coherent.
The Career Narrative™ Template helps you tell a story that holds.

